With 11 newcomers - several of them American expats gone to Europe - our list of the most powerful women in global business demonstrates their rise in male-dominated fields,
from nuclear energy to mining to oil.

25 of 50

25. Yang Mianmian

President
Haier Group

Country: China2006 rank: 20

She may get less credit than Haier CEO Zhang Ruimin, but the 66-year-old president of China's largest appliance maker is a key player. Yang has turned around the company's
R&D, manufacturing, marketing, and organizational structure since its days of near bankruptcy in the mid-1980s. Last year revenue rose 7.5%, to $13.5 billion.